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Ok this made my Saturday.
Brazil police take ex-president Jair Bolsonaro into custody on.ft.com/4rh2j2C
Brazil police take ex-president Jair Bolsonaro into custody
Court says Trump ally was planning to take advantage of a demonstration outside his home to escape
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ok this made my Saturday.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Tens of thousands of lives could be saved if more people got screened for lung cancer, according to a new study that found too few eligible Americans are being checked for the country’s deadliest cancer before it spreads.
The Key to Fighting Lung Cancer Is More Screenings, New Study Shows
A new report says too few eligible Americans are being checked for the country’s deadliest cancer before it spreads.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Tens of thousands of lives could be saved if more people got screened for lung cancer, according to a new study that found too few eligible Americans are being checked for the country’s deadliest cancer before it spreads.
It’s kind of amazing the bipartisanship that’s happened in the last 72 hours approach … but I am leery about the investigation angle.
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It’s kind of amazing the bipartisanship that’s happened in the last 72 hours approach … but I am leery about the investigation angle.
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We live in hell
Approximately 30% of all job postings are fake, with millions of ghost jobs making a tough hiring process even worse.
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We live in hell
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If you ask historians of medicine what keeps them up at night, many will not say a new plague or bioterrorism, they will answer, "antibiotic resistance."
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If you ask historians of medicine what keeps them up at night, many will not say a new plague or bioterrorism, they will answer, "antibiotic resistance."
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There’s another wave of author impersonators offering consultations/mentoring for a price. (I got one from “Claire Keegan” telling me I’m very promising!) I’m sure you are great, but I didn’t email to tell you how swell you are. Here’s info on book scams: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/prh-fraud/
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There’s another wave of author impersonators offering consultations/mentoring for a price. (I got one from “Claire Keegan” telling me I’m very promising!) I’m sure you are great, but I didn’t email to tell you how swell you are. Here’s info on book scams: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/prh-fraud/
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the sudden resignation of oklahoma's maga republican education chief keeps getting
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November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
the sudden resignation of oklahoma's maga republican education chief keeps getting
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I have to imagine far-right Catholics are really struggling with the fact that they can now hear this stuff in English directly from the pope.
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I have to imagine far-right Catholics are really struggling with the fact that they can now hear this stuff in English directly from the pope.
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This is such a gorgeous first signal of good governance.
Mamdani announces transition team:
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is such a gorgeous first signal of good governance.
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NEW: A federal judge said the decision by Trump WH to end sign language interpretation at briefings by Trump and Leavitt likely violated the Rehabilitation Act and harmed deaf people who communicate in ASL.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at briefings by Trump, Leavitt
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the White House’s decision to end ASL interpretation illegally excluded deaf Americans from crucial updates from the government.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
NEW: A federal judge said the decision by Trump WH to end sign language interpretation at briefings by Trump and Leavitt likely violated the Rehabilitation Act and harmed deaf people who communicate in ASL.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Trump deported Iranian Christians with open asylum claims for religious persecution four weeks ago.
He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.
He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.
Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians reut.rs/4qBrVXy
Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government "continues to allow the killing of Christians."
reut.rs
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump deported Iranian Christians with open asylum claims for religious persecution four weeks ago.
He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.
He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.
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The Fugitive Slave Act legalized bounty hunting.
It’s crystal clear what Make America Great Again really means.
It’s crystal clear what Make America Great Again really means.
“Under the plan, bounty hunters may receive “monetary bonuses” depending on how successfully they track down their targets — and how many immigrants they then report to ICE.”
Or ICE could just fund the Klan directly.
Or ICE could just fund the Klan directly.
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.
theintercept.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Fugitive Slave Act legalized bounty hunting.
It’s crystal clear what Make America Great Again really means.
It’s crystal clear what Make America Great Again really means.
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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In an unusual letter, the FBI informed Congress that it opposed a proposal to make the Office of the Director of National Intelligence the lead counterintelligence agency for the federal government — a move that would empower Tulsi Gabbard to play a more prominent role in counterintelligence issues.
F.B.I. Opposes Push for Gabbard to Take Lead on Counterintelligence
The F.B.I. made the disclosure in a pointed letter that underscored broader concern over a House bill that would give more authority to Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence.
nyti.ms
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Oh
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Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities?
Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?
And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?
Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?
And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?
October 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities?
Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?
And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?
Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?
And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?
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Free for all readers. The World Series begins today, but some things are more important than baseball. Thoughts go out to the Vesia family <3:
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The World Series begins today. Some things are more important than baseball.
Free Friday newsletter.
mollyknight.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Free for all readers. The World Series begins today, but some things are more important than baseball. Thoughts go out to the Vesia family <3:
mollyknight.substack.com/p/the-world-...
mollyknight.substack.com/p/the-world-...
This is one of the best things I have read in a long time.
"Today, I quit allowing my complacency to destroy America, and I urge you to quit, too." www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...
My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party
Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.
www.thebulwark.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is one of the best things I have read in a long time.
This is chefs kiss.
so that was money well spent then, hey? america firrrrst!
"The Argentine peso has fallen below the level it reached before the US Treasury began purchases this month, in a sign that the Trump administration’s financial support is failing to halt the currency’s slide..."
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"The Argentine peso has fallen below the level it reached before the US Treasury began purchases this month, in a sign that the Trump administration’s financial support is failing to halt the currency’s slide..."
www.ft.com/content/815e...
Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US interventions
Currency gains sparked by estimated $400mn of US purchases melt away ahead of election for president Javier Milei
www.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is chefs kiss.
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N’k is the new New York!
October 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
N’k is the new New York!
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Haaaaaahahaha
Who coulda seen this coming
Who coulda seen this coming
Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media
October 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Haaaaaahahaha
Who coulda seen this coming
Who coulda seen this coming
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Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.
October 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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